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an investigation into the lunar Macedonian calendar of Ptolemaic Egypt

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This book is the first comprehensive study of the lunar Macedonian calendar in two decades. The mechanics of the calendar are examined in detail, and a new approach for reconstructing the sequence of intercalary months and years is proposed which, for the first time, permits a consistent interpretation of the papyrological data of the middle Ptolemaic period. It is shown that in c. 265 BC Ptolemy II deliberately set in motion a process to realign the calendar over an extended period, which ended early in the reign of Ptolemy IV. The results have implications for the origins of the financial year, the date of the Ptolemaieia, and the history of the Canopic reform of the Egyptian calendar, among other topics. Appendices consider the nature of Macedonian intercalation and the New Year outside Egypt.

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Peeters
Language
English
Pages
276

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Subjects
Greek Calendar, Chronology, Egyptian Calendar, Greek Chronology, Egyptian Chronology, History, Calendar, greek, Calendar, egyptian, Chronology, greek, Chronology, egyptian, Egypt, history, Greece, history, Ptolemaic dynasty, 305 b.c.-30 b.c.
People
Ptolemaic dynasty (305-30 B.C)
Places
Egypt, Greece
Times
Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C., 332-30 B.C.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Patterns of use of the Macedonian calendar
Macedonian calendar in Alexandria
Macedonian New Year after Zenon
Macedonian calendar after Zenon
Macedonian New Year before Zenon
Purpose of biennial intercalation
Appendix A. Detecting Canopic dates
Appendix B. Macedonian New Year outside Egypt
Appendix C. Macedonian intercalation outside Egypt.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xvii]-xxxvi) and index.

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Leuven, Walpole, MA
Series
Studia Hellenistica -- 52, Studia Hellenistica -- 52.

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932-933
Library of Congress
CE42 .B46 2011

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276 p. ;
Number of pages
276

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OL25256577M
ISBN 10
9042925051
ISBN 13
9789042925052
LCCN
2011276722
OCLC/WorldCat
745332965

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